International business education: What we know and what we have yet to develop. Issue 5 (October 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Klarin, Anton; Inkizhinov, Boris; Nazarov, Dashi; Gorenskaia, Elena
• Is Part Of: International business review. Volume 30:Issue 5(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-10
• Subjects: International business education -- Curriculum -- Systems research -- Systematic review -- Scientometrics -- Bibliometric mapping -- COVID-19 -- Business schools -- Language -- Online learning; International business enterprises -- Periodicals; 338.8805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101833
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0969-5931

Abstract

Highlights: Systems view of international business education (IBE) is useful for a holistic view. IBE has four inter-related meanings that if taken together represent the scholarship. The IBE scholarship (894 publications) identified five broad directions of research. IBE calls for future research highlighted in the discussion. Scientometric review of the literature is useful for interdisciplinary researchers. Abstract: International business education (IBE) scholarship is extensive and is continuously growing. Nevertheless, to date there is no systems perspective overview of the literature dedicated to this topic. Using latest advancements in scientometric analysis, this study structures and visualizes the entire IBE scholarship, which allows to identify gaps in research and propose a number of future research directions. Data extracted from 894 peer-reviewed documents made available through the Scopus database allows to map the scholarship across five identified research directions in IBE – IB, political economy environment, and education; student learning and experience; the lingua franca and communication; interrelationship of IBE and the ecosystem; and business school curricula and internationalization . The scholarship was also compared to the Academy of Management Learning and Education and to the Journal of International Business Studies together with the Journal of World Business journal scholarships to recommend further prospective directions for the future development of IBE.